a stack-up kind of a day

This past Saturday was perhaps the longest day of work on behalf of Stack-Up that we have had yet.

It started with Macy's in Herald Square -- the brand's flagship store. Macy's, as a corporation, is a big

supporter of the military, and an active recruiter of military veterans for employment. As in past years, Macy's has partnered with Got Your Six to raise money for a variety of military charities. Customers could donate three dollars to Got Your Six, and in exchange get a coupon for 25% off storewide. During the week or so that this program was ongoing, several military charities had tables at various departments at Macy's, 

So we -- Ethan, Blair and I -- had a table set up in Macy's (by women's shoes -- I don't know why) where we handed out information about Stack-Up and tried to sell the coupons. We're not exactly expert salespeople, and in fact only two people bought the coupons from us. Though to be fair there were plenty of people who expressed interest and went to buy the coupons at the cash registers. Truth be told, I was perfectly happy to have people buy at the register instead of from us. The charity gets the same money, and I didn't have to worry about handling as much cash.

But, while we manned the table starting at 1:00, we actually had to be at Macy's at 9:30 in the morning. That was so that Ethan could speak about Stack-Up at a "rally." As near as I could tell, the rally was essentially a departmental pep talk. A half hour before the store opened, the employees of the women's shoe department gathered and one person (their boss? I'm not sure) talked about sales results and goals, and handed out certificates to high performers. They also talked about the Got Your Six campaign, and then introduced Ethan who had a minute or two to introduce Stack-Up. He was great. It's so gratifying to see him getting better and better and more and more comfortable speaking to groups. After the rally, we had a couple hours to go shopping at the farmers' market in Union Square and have lunch before being back for our 1:00 table-manning.

It was great to find out that Macy's is supporting the military in this way. Until I had heard about this campaign, I had had no idea.

After that, it was off to the headquarters of The Wounded Warrior Project. WWP is a military charity that helps injured veterans deal with their life back in the civilian world. WWP was having a Mario Kart competition, and we were going there to help out. And provide a Wii-U, since they were short one. I think we have plans to help WWP with some of their upcoming social events.